Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Tarot Tuesday:: A Day Late

To start I have to say that I intended this to come out yesterday. Half way through writing the article, Word up and quit on me suddenly and in disgust I walked away.  I was able to recreate most of the original this morning, but true to form, I do not feel it as good as the first.

Happy Mercury Retrograde everyone...make of it what you will.

The Star: Guiding Light

The Star, and stars in general, have been a source of guidance for quite some time.
Steampunk tarot by Barbara Moore
In tarot, the Star is associated with Aquarius, that dreamy, rule breaker, who moves along its course by rules only it understands and baffle those looking in. Logic and reason are very much there, but it seems to follow a path so twisting that it rarely touches on the mundane.

This card tends to be one of the more ‘gentle’ cards out of a deck. It calms and for a moment the person knows that there is guidance and that a way will be shown. This card tends to soften the blow of some of the other cards that leap in your face with no buffer.

The Star invites reflection and introspection, but to do so in a way that heals that hurts. Accept the flaws of yourself and others and move along.
This is a card for dreamers and artists. It invites you to look at the starry Heavens and be inspired at the wide wonder laid out before you.

If you are seeking guidance, it is there with a little patient looking. The Star is Nuit personified, She whose starry belly vaults over the Earth in love and rapturous delight.
Aquarius is an Air sign for all that He bears the cup for Zeus. Winds move the waters of the ocean, and so too our thoughts and emotions move one into the other. Sometimes overriding and subsuming as a hurricane or tsunami.

From the Star flows clarity upon the ocean of Chaos.

First, relax and rest. Take a deep drink of the sustenance of creation, of life, or calm and serenity.  Rest your weary soul.  Then, look towards the horizon and find the guiding star. Where do you desire to go? Plot your course with care and follow your path. You are a Star!

Practical Study
We have officially entered the first Mercury retrograde for 2015 and that can turn communication on its head a bit.

Thoth Tarot by Crowley
Use this time for meditation with The Star to find a point of stability inside of yourself.


Refer to the sections of Liber al vel Legis on Nuit and to remember that you are a Star in your own right.  Take the time to meditate on your True Will and higher callings.  In this way you can make of yourself your own guiding light and maybe help others find theirs as well.